A25291:1916
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. An Oath became necessary after the fall of man, because man by […] had lost both that credit which ought to be given to his simple testimony, and that also which he ought to have given to the testimony of others.
4. An Oath became necessary after the fall of man, because man by 〈…〉 had lost both that credit which ought to be given to his simple testimony, and that also which he ought to have given to the testimony of others.
5. That infirmity of man in giving credit to the testimony of others, is so great that it was in a manner necessary for God himself also to demean himself to confirm his testimonies by the form of an Oath. He. 6. 13. 17. Which was more then needed in respect of Gods faithfulness, but not in respect of humane infirmity.
5. That infirmity of man in giving credit to the testimony of others, is so great that it was in a māner necessary for God himselfe also to demeane himselfe to confirme his testimonies by the forme of an Oath. He. 6. 13. 17. Which was more then needed in respect of Gods faithfulnesse, but not in respect of humane infirmity.
6. Yet God seeing he hath not any greater or superior Judge, Heb. 6. 13. He cannot properly swear, but this is prescribed to him metaphorically: because all that perfection of confirmation which is found in the Oaths of men, doth most perfectly agree to those testimonies of God.
6. Yet God seeing he hath not any greater or superior Judge,